The All New Rag & Bone Men!

Lilysmum · Post by **Lilysmum** » Mon 09 Nov, 2009 1:09 pm

Lilysmum wrote: Having had three collection bags through my letterbox this week to fill with unwanted clothing,shoes bedding etc made me think that these collection companies who sell the stuff abroad and say they give a donation to some obscure charity are the "new rag men"I'm not convinced they are all bona fide.Charity shops must be taking a real hit from them as it's easier to leave a bag of stuff on the doorstep than take it to their local shop Another leaflet has just been shoved through my letter box (They have stopped including a bag now) requesting unwanted clothing.Also "toiletries ,handbags,cosmetics and perfume are of great help" I bet they are!! This is getting ridiculous,over the last few months I have been getting on average 4 of these a week,(8 in one week being the best so far)I wonder how much of the stuff they collect makes it to the third world countries they are claiming to help? It's a right scam.

weenie · Post by **weenie** » Mon 09 Nov, 2009 5:00 pm

i saw a programme on this it was the Real Hussle on BBC3 they showed us that people will send these out to houses and then collect on the day stated and then open a little shop and sort through them and sell them back off with tags attached - yes a right rip off

sundowner · Post by **sundowner** » Mon 09 Nov, 2009 8:23 pm

Lilysmum wrote: Lilysmum wrote: Having had three collection bags through my letterbox this week to fill with unwanted clothing,shoes bedding etc made me think that these collection companies who sell the stuff abroad and say they give a donation to some obscure charity are the "new rag men"I'm not convinced they are all bona fide.Charity shops must be taking a real hit from them as it's easier to leave a bag of stuff on the doorstep than take it to their local shop Another leaflet has just been shoved through my letter box (They have stopped including a bag now) requesting unwanted clothing.Also "toiletries ,handbags,cosmetics and perfume are of great help" I bet they are!! This is getting ridiculous,over the last few months I have been getting on average 4 of these a week,(8 in one week being the best so far)I wonder how much of the stuff they collect makes it to the third world countries they are claiming to help? It's a right scam. Dont forget mobile phones also wanted what does someone liveing in the third world need a mobile phone for.Its like asking for gas stoves to give to the bush men who live in the desert in North Africa.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Mon 09 Nov, 2009 9:05 pm

You'd be surprised:http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/w ... eceScrotes round our way just help themselves to any metal in you garden

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Mon 09 Nov, 2009 10:39 pm

Cardiarms wrote: These lovely people are stripping out all sorts of kit and metal from YW facilities. They also knicked my green house! Runts. As this thread is about Rag and Bone men. Could someone explain why any one would want to collect bones? Rags and old clothes may have some value but Bones? No!

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Mon 09 Nov, 2009 11:33 pm

stutterdog wrote: Cardiarms wrote: These lovely people are stripping out all sorts of kit and metal from YW facilities. They also knicked my green house! Runts. As this thread is about Rag and Bone men. Could someone explain why any one would want to collect bones? Rags and old clothes may have some value but Bones? No! They used to take them to the glue factory i think??But just what would householders be doing with bones?? lol

Crazy Jane · Post by **Crazy Jane** » Tue 10 Nov, 2009 12:19 am

"Scrotes round our way just help themselves to any metal in you garden "Over the summer the white 'junk van' was up my street practically every other day, with the guys peering into people's gardens as they went past.It's probably a really really wrong thing to find funny, but there was the chap from Bramley a year or so back who fried himself trying to nick copper cable from an electrical substation. Somehow managed to make it to his girlfriend's house with his skin coming off like pork crackling O_o

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Tue 10 Nov, 2009 10:19 am

I guess most stuff went on the fire but any left over bones wouldn't burn that easy? the dustbin used to be just that, a bin for dust. When did dustbins start getting filled with rubbish?

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Tue 10 Nov, 2009 7:43 pm

I.suppose the bones could have been ground up to use in the pottery trade or made into garden manure. Just a thought.

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Tue 10 Nov, 2009 9:05 pm

Johnny39 wrote: I.suppose the bones could have been ground up to use in the pottery trade or made into garden manure. Just a thought. I would not have thought there were many bones to collect because when I was a kid we didn't get much meat to eat,we filled up on dumplings and Yorkshire Pud! Therefor we didn't throw many bones away! Some good posts though!